tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39354682016-12-07T18:21:10.938+07:00Gerakan Bawah Tanah - Mr. GBTinformation technology, network, security, Indonesia, progressive rock music, budi rahardjo (or raharjo), education, life ... (in Bahasa Indonesia and/or English)Budi Rahardjonoreply@blogger.comBlogger635125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935468.post-75022111580574484422016-07-10T08:12:00.002+07:002016-07-10T08:12:54.345+07:00Less Social Media, More BooksFor the last two or three months, I've finished reading three books. That's not a big achievement for most of you. For me, it is. My reading speed has been degrading for the last few years. I blame it on my reading glasses. (I used to read without glasses.)
Another reason for the slowing down is that I read too many social media, Facebook specifically. Now, I am reducing my activity on it. (ThisBudi Rahardjohttps://plus.google.com/106998638178934638400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935468.post-81831832750970460152016-03-01T20:02:00.002+07:002016-03-01T20:03:17.733+07:00Got Off EasyMany people thought that I got off easy. That's just nothing farther from the truth. I had to overcome too many things. Scarred in the process, too. But, I choose not to show them all. Thus, people think that everything was easy.
Many people are afraid of facing the hurdles. They choose to run away from them. Maybe that is easier. I don't know. Maybe I am wrong, as others are wrong about me.
Budi Rahardjohttps://plus.google.com/106998638178934638400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935468.post-39217645126438729302016-02-11T10:34:00.002+07:002016-02-11T10:34:51.167+07:00An Expert of EverythingThe drawback of social media is that now you'll find a lot of experts in everything. They read one book - no, one post - and then they become an expert. Ouch.
I know I am no expert in everything. Not even trying to be one. I am just a simple ordinary man. That's all. (This is actually a lie. I am not *simple*. ha ha ha. But, that's another story.)Budi Rahardjohttps://plus.google.com/106998638178934638400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935468.post-63678707305454934162016-01-25T13:11:00.001+07:002016-01-25T13:11:46.423+07:00Pusing SingkatanPusing juga kalau punya singkatan yang sekarang digunakan untuk singkatan lain yang konotasinya negatif. Saya berbicara tentang "GBT", yang jadi nama blog ini. Selain nama blog ini, saya juga menggunakan GBT sebagai "Mr. GBT" dalam proyek musik yang saya lakukan.
GBT berasal dari singkatan "Gerakan Bawah Tanah". Kalau diterjemahkan ke dalam bahasa Inggris adalah "underground movement". Serem Budi Rahardjohttps://plus.google.com/106998638178934638400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935468.post-84068158915443656092016-01-03T07:30:00.001+07:002016-01-03T07:30:52.269+07:00Do you have to code to contribute to code-related projects?Reading at several posts in various groups, I got a feeling that some coders think that they are holier than others. They think low of people who can code, especially in code-related projects such as open source projects. Granted that the main attraction of the open source project is the code itself, but don't we need testers, people who write documentations, trainers, public relations, and such?Budi Rahardjohttps://plus.google.com/106998638178934638400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935468.post-90218818587512100222016-01-01T07:12:00.002+07:002016-01-01T07:12:58.824+07:00Being DifferentEver since I was a kid, I always knew that I am different. For example, my taste of music would be different with my peers. When my friends were into pop or even soft jazz, I was into progressive rock early on - like in my junior high school. I learned English when I was still in elementary school. I listened to music abroad through short wave radio. I was reading many things when my peers were Budi Rahardjohttps://plus.google.com/106998638178934638400noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935468.post-67097297148247795252015-12-31T07:20:00.003+07:002015-12-31T07:20:57.959+07:00Missing TargetsLooking at the statistics of this blog, I realized that I am missing one of my targets. I wanted to write more for this blog, but in the end I have too many things to do so that I've been neglecting this blog. I did write many things but they are in my wordpress blog.
Next year, which is starting tomorrow - ha ha ha, must be better.
I want to write more. I want to re-design the blog. I want ...Budi Rahardjohttps://plus.google.com/106998638178934638400noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935468.post-47012173839165683932015-12-18T18:49:00.003+07:002015-12-18T18:49:56.372+07:00A Muslim SpeakingThere have been dreadful events lately. People are being killed for no apparent reasons. And, the fingers are pointed to Muslims (as the persons) and Islam (as the religion). All Muslims must be responsible for these actions. Since no Muslims are voicing their disapproval, then Muslims are supporting those actions. That's the message that I read in many news forums. Over and over again.
And hereBudi Rahardjohttps://plus.google.com/106998638178934638400noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935468.post-28080968200109792602015-12-06T16:32:00.001+07:002015-12-06T16:32:10.430+07:00GBT LogoBudi Rahardjohttps://plus.google.com/106998638178934638400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935468.post-22199971548228311342015-12-06T07:01:00.003+07:002015-12-06T07:01:55.823+07:00Forcing Self With TechnologyTechnology does help me to be more healthy. At least that's what I believe.
For the last month, I've been wearing Mi (Fitness) Band. It's a bracelet that keeps track you movement. It records the number of steps you have done at a particular time of the day. It can also record the number of hours you are sleeping. But, I am mainly focus on the number of steps (and the associated kilo meters I Budi Rahardjohttps://plus.google.com/106998638178934638400noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935468.post-9724322236578408092015-09-17T08:20:00.000+07:002015-09-17T09:45:40.692+07:00Winding UpOk, so I failed to update this blog regularly. My excuse is still the same, busy. No, I am not joing. I am super busy.
I thought, when you're ageing, you're supposed to be winding down. I believed in that. But, again, I was wrong. Now, I am busier than ever. Yeah, I know, I choose to be busy. It is my fault. I am not supposed to complain and I am not. This is just to let you know what's Budi Rahardjohttps://plus.google.com/106998638178934638400noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935468.post-36830344035392525912015-07-09T11:38:00.001+07:002015-07-09T11:38:51.812+07:00Why gplus is still NOT popular in IndonesiaI guess nobody is listening at Google. Let me say it again.
Gplus (g+) is not popular in Indonesia because it is VERY SLOW to open the page. That's the first problem. It takes me a while to open and interact with my gplus page. This is Indonesia. You have to come down here to understand it. (Google reps are in Singapore and only occasionally come to Indonesia. You wouldn't know the reality.)
Budi Rahardjohttps://plus.google.com/106998638178934638400noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935468.post-64939636208596711712015-06-03T05:32:00.001+07:002015-06-03T05:33:18.244+07:00Go-Jek is the Indonesian UberWant to know something hot in the Indonesia's start-up domain? It's Go-Jek. It's the Uber of Indonesia.
What is Go-Jek? It's an application to search for "ojek". Ojek is a motorcycle transportation for public done by individuals. Or a motorcycle taxi. It's an Indonesian - or, I should say, Asian - thing.
Many places in Indonesia are easier reached by motorcycle; streets are narrow. Motorcycles Budi Rahardjohttps://plus.google.com/106998638178934638400noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935468.post-63828984505206430352015-04-18T23:49:00.001+07:002015-04-18T23:49:36.038+07:00Gemstone Is INIf you want to know, gemstone currently is very popular in Indonesia. I repeat, VERY POPULAR. There, I shouted. At least, this is true in Bandung. Everywhere you see, there's gemstone. Even on the sidewalk, people just open their own gemstone "store" or "boot". ("Lapak", in Bahasa Indonesia.)
I believe, now the gift from Indonesia is "batu akik", the Indonesian's name for gemstone.
To be Budi Rahardjohttps://plus.google.com/106998638178934638400noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935468.post-83477439619208686762015-03-20T22:53:00.002+07:002015-03-20T22:53:40.915+07:00Too Many Things To DoThere is a classic reason why I have not updated this blog, busy. Yes, I've been too busy with many things. No, really, I am not trying to make excuses. I am truly, really, busy.
Sometimes, I wonder why other people seem to be relaxed. Nothing to do. But, then again I could be wrong. They might be busier than I am. Although, I doubt that. I know that there are people who are as busy as I am, andBudi Rahardjohttps://plus.google.com/106998638178934638400noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935468.post-58408416875777302392015-03-03T00:09:00.001+07:002015-03-03T00:09:25.528+07:00What to do with spammers (and backlinkers)?I hate it when people comment on my blog, but they don't actually want to comment. What they want to do is to put their link(s) into the comment so that they generate traffic and backlink to their site. It's one of those SEO thingy. Yes, I notice some of you are doing this in this blog.
One thing I notice is that they don't actually read the posting (article). They just post their comments Budi Rahardjohttps://plus.google.com/106998638178934638400noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935468.post-74886428646545699572015-01-11T13:42:00.002+07:002015-01-11T13:42:41.668+07:00Photoscape 3.7 Under Wine (Linuxmint)Just tested Photoscape 3.7 under Wine under Linuxmint 17. Looked okay, but then when I edited an image ... preview of all images became broken greyscale. It looked like this:
Don't know where to report. Posted here for the benefit of others. Any fix(es) out there?Budi Rahardjohttps://plus.google.com/106998638178934638400noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935468.post-14735273617358469742014-12-28T11:20:00.002+07:002014-12-28T13:09:48.594+07:00Running Out of Google StorageI've been using Google mail (gmail) for years. Obviously, I use picasa also to store my photos. Currently, I am having a problem with my (mostly email) accounts. It almost reaches the 15 GB limit.
I use my gmail as my main communication media. Students sending assignments are kept in my mailboxes. Every semester I have betweet 30 to 100 students and I've been teaching more than 15 years. The Budi Rahardjohttps://plus.google.com/106998638178934638400noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935468.post-88671682537903950062014-12-11T10:05:00.000+07:002014-12-11T10:05:12.967+07:00Lost in the emailsI have too many emails. Hundreds of emails daily. That's not counting spam mails. It's not that I think I am important. It's just that I've been using emails for too long. Since late 1987 or 1988, I think.
The problem is that most mail readers currently cannot handle this situation. I ended up with cases of lost emails. Somebody sent me an email and I did not reply right away because there was Budi Rahardjohttps://plus.google.com/106998638178934638400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935468.post-78036915187122468582014-12-07T18:33:00.001+07:002014-12-07T18:40:44.211+07:00Laws on buying and reading booksEverytime I go to a bookstore, I bring book(s) out of the store. My wallet suffers a bit. That's not my main worry. My main concern is I keep on piling books. My to read list is getting longer and longer ... and longer.
I think this is my new law (BR's law on books):
the speed of buying books > the speed of reading books
Ugh ...
I think I am not the only one. Budi Rahardjohttps://plus.google.com/106998638178934638400noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935468.post-6364783686170876522014-11-08T09:47:00.000+07:002014-11-08T09:47:05.123+07:00Tech Gadgets ARE social devicesLooking at various sites / blogs / forums, I read complaints that smartphones and all those tech gadgets are anti-social. Hmm ... This is ALL WRONG.
If you look closely, at the other end - and also using smartphones - are people. Not wall or dead objects. Human. They are socializing through smartphones. It's just that most people see they are talking to the device. No! They are communicating Budi Rahardjohttps://plus.google.com/106998638178934638400noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935468.post-396318921472727782014-10-24T17:22:00.002+07:002014-10-24T17:24:17.191+07:00Kabinetkenapa ya kok kita sibuuukkk ingin tahu kabinet?
ini hanya sekedar untuk menunjukkan betapa hausnya kita akan informasi. Budi Rahardjohttps://plus.google.com/106998638178934638400noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935468.post-83367697376109240142014-10-13T18:32:00.001+07:002014-10-13T18:36:34.392+07:00Mark Zuckerberg is in IndonesiaMark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook (as if you need this introduction - ha ha ha), is Indonesia. He met with our next president, Joko Widodo - famously called Jokowi, in Jakarta. Joko Widodo will be sworn as our president on Oct 20th.
One of the photos that made me laugh (happy laugh) is this. In this picture, Jokowi showed Mark some kind of pants (I think it's a pair of jeans) from a small Budi Rahardjohttps://plus.google.com/106998638178934638400noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935468.post-69026497220736844732014-10-09T23:10:00.002+07:002014-10-09T23:10:34.434+07:00The Fault of Being a Staronce upon a time
there was a star
who wished to become a nobody
worry he shan't
as fading away he is
wishes granted
... a nobody ... he is ...Budi Rahardjohttps://plus.google.com/106998638178934638400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935468.post-81792329663757408802014-09-16T04:30:00.001+07:002014-09-16T04:30:22.476+07:00Android Should Not Sync By DefaultOne of the problems I have with Android phones is that by default (?) the configuration is trying to sync the phone with my Google account. For my case, it tries to download (sync) my emails (gmails) and photos I uploaded to picasa. This is a disaster since I have lots - say more than 10,000 emails - and Gigabytes of photos.
I found out about this a while ago when I tried a new Android phone. I Budi Rahardjohttps://plus.google.com/106998638178934638400noreply@blogger.com1